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Belief : a pragmatic picture / Aaron Z. Zimmerman.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, (c)2018.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780192537324
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • B832 .B455 2018
  • BD215
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
1: Defining the Nature of Belief -- 2: Alternative Measures and Taxonomies -- 3: Against Intellectualism: Animal Belief -- 4: Belief and Pretense -- 5: The Authority to Define "Belief " -- 6: Pragmatic Self-Deception.
Subject: Aaron Zimmerman presents a new pragmatist account of belief, in terms of information poised to guide our more attentive, controlled actions. And he explores the consequences of this account for our understanding of the relation between psychology and philosophy, the mind and brain, the nature of delusion, faith, pretence, racism, and more.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

Preface: Some Initial Questions -- 1: Defining the Nature of Belief -- 2: Alternative Measures and Taxonomies -- 3: Against Intellectualism: Animal Belief -- 4: Belief and Pretense -- 5: The Authority to Define "Belief " -- 6: Pragmatic Self-Deception.

Aaron Zimmerman presents a new pragmatist account of belief, in terms of information poised to guide our more attentive, controlled actions. And he explores the consequences of this account for our understanding of the relation between psychology and philosophy, the mind and brain, the nature of delusion, faith, pretence, racism, and more.

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